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onlykaria · Mar 16, 2006, 12:44 PM

i want to remove all the bundled junk that came with my system...

so i ran the install disc, and selected clean install.... but then the system installed all the bundled junk all over again...

is there anyway to remove all the bundled junk....

basicly all i want is
iphoto, safari, mail, and front row...

everything else is junk to me....

Big Mac · Mar 16, 2006, 01:56 PM

When you do an OS install you have to do a custom installation and deselect the apps you do not want. The question is why would you want to get rid of those applications anyway? Modern hard drives are big enough for extra apps, you know. Nonetheless, if you want to get rid of them you can drag them out to another folder or to the Trash.

onlykaria · Mar 16, 2006, 02:23 PM

Originally Posted by Big Mac

When you do an OS install you have to do a custom installation and deselect the apps you do not want. The question is why would you want to get rid of those applications anyway? Modern hard drives are big enough for extra apps, you know. Nonetheless, if you want to get rid of them you can drag them out to another folder or to the Trash.

ok found it.

because i dont use them and the hard drive is only 120, after the data transfer from my old computer i would really have that much space...

speaking of data transfer the computer is asking for a firewire to firewire cable which i dont have... can i use usb to usb or ethernet cables??

analogika · Mar 16, 2006, 04:34 PM

Not via the migration assistant, no.

King Bob On The Cob · Mar 18, 2006, 02:31 AM

Originally Posted by onlykaria

i want to remove all the bundled junk that came with my system...

so i ran the install disc, and selected clean install.... but then the system installed all the bundled junk all over again...

is there anyway to remove all the bundled junk....

basicly all i want is
iphoto, safari, mail, and front row...

everything else is junk to me....

Just FYI, Front Row is just a front end to others of Apple's softwares. You click on Music in Front Row, it launches iTunes and plays via iTunes. Just thought I'd let you know.
I can understand not wanting some of the iLife suite, but just be careful what you don't install, some of it is actually quite useful.

But that's besides the point. You're using a Mac. How to get rid of it?
Click app. Drag to trash.
Viola, App be gone (Be careful though, Applications like Garageband also put stuff in the Library folder under Application Support, you can get an Application like AppZapper to find all the files related to a certain application and delete it, if you really want to make sure you get it all)

JKT · Mar 18, 2006, 05:10 AM

Originally Posted by onlykaria

speaking of data transfer the computer is asking for a firewire to firewire cable which i dont have... can i use usb to usb or ethernet cables??

Just so you know, the reason it asks for a FireWire connection is because Migration Assistant works by putting the old Mac into Target Disk Mode... and that is only possible via FireWire. An ethernet connection would be too complex for Joe Bloggs user as it would require setting up a network and gaining permissions for all the files on the old computer. USB is just too limited, full stop.

msuper69 · Mar 18, 2006, 06:57 AM

People who embark upon well-intended projects like the one you are proposing (getting rid of junk) will usually end up later posting threads asking why they are having problems.

I wouldn't do it. The amount of disk space to be gained is not that much and the risk of introducing problems with your OS X install is very high.

ghporter · Mar 18, 2006, 09:47 AM

We never bothered to remove anything but the "try before buy" version of MS Office from my wife's iBook that came with a 30GB hard drive. After over two years she still has lots of room on that drive. Macs don't clutter themselves up like Windows machines do, so a 120GB drive should be lots of elbow room unless you create a lot of large files and leave them on the hard drive (instead of moving them to a CD or DVD).

onlykaria · Mar 21, 2006, 12:20 PM

Originally Posted by msuper69

People who embark upon well-intended projects like the one you are proposing (getting rid of junk) will usually end up later posting threads asking why they are having problems.

I wouldn't do it. The amount of disk space to be gained is not that much and the risk of introducing problems with your OS X install is very high.

thank you for your concern, but the options on the install worked like a charm... and as much i as understand your concern i doubt i will be trying to reinstall the traditional chinese files anytime soon.

when all was send and done i saved over 5 GB.

jasong · Mar 22, 2006, 06:40 PM

oooh . . . 5 GB

yeah, I'm just being a jerk tonight.

OK, actually I can help out here, try running delocalizer or something like that. That will remove all the foreign language files for every app on the computer. That will save you some space too.

Apfhex · Mar 22, 2006, 06:48 PM

I agree with removing languages that you're not going to use. That saves a LOT of space.

But the the apps that come with a (retail) install of OS X hardly take up that much space and they're better to keep around than to delete. Removing extra stuff (like the iLife apps) that may have been bundled with a new system is fine though.